An Executive Summary ofThe ECE and CE MS and BS

programsD. Lyon, Chair

Growth in ECE MS and CE BS

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• Grand growth in ECE MS

• PT holding pattern• FT provide more

revenue/student.• MS program is mostly

part time• PT takes 2.5

courses/year

Growing the Faculty

• Once we obtain 30 students in the MSECE program we can apply to hire another full-time faculty member!

• BUT…Focus now has been on ABET prep, not growth!

• The Program is ONLY 1 year old!!

Growing the Program

• We need your help to grow!

• The employment environment is changing.

• A skill set can keep you employed!

• Outsourcing: – A New Occupational Hazard

What do we tell our students?

• U.S. Department Bureau of Labor Statistics at the end of February 2004 the US economy had 229,000 fewer jobs in computer systems design and related disciplines than in January 2001, a decline of 17.2 percent in three years.

• Nationally, enrollments in computer science and computer engineering are down 23 percent this year

Tell them they will get essential skills

Technical

Quantitative analysis

Design & architecture

Communication

Innovation

Risk-taking

Teamwork

Leadership

Ethics

History and culture

Language

Computer Engineering

University Core Curriculum – Integrated throughout all 8 semesters

Math (7 sem), Physics (3 sem), Discrete Math, Probability and Statistics –

General Engineering (Introduction to Engineering Careers,Introduction to Computer Tools) – Semesters 1 and 2

Electronic Circuits, Digital Electronics I and IIand Lab –DSP/Image Processing, Semesters 3 through 6

OOD, Data Structures, Computer Graphics, Networks –Semesters 3 through 6

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Capstone Senior Design 1 and 2 – Semesters 7 and 8

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MS Electrical and Computer Engineering Program

D. Lyon, Co-Chair

The Curriculum

areas of Specialization:

Signal Processing

Scientific Visualization

Network Programming

Embedded Systems

Enterprise Computing

Custom Cohorts

• Meeting the needs of industry

• Closing ties to industry– More meetings– Pushing product– Improving industrial interactions

The Norden offering

• Java Programming I• Java Programming II• Numerical Methods• Readings in ECE• Thesis I• Thesis II

• Voice and Signal Processing

• Image Processing• Microwave Structures• Thermal management

of Electronic assembly• Nonlinear Control

Summary

Problem Solving

Research

Communications

State-of-the-art program

Cutting edge technologies